Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

2024-08-27 Thread Franco Martelli
On 26/08/24 at 05:39, Will Mengarini wrote: I need to buy a new desktop tower, which means it'll have Windows installed. I haven't used Windows since the 90s, so need some guidance. There is Tuxedo Computers that sells PC with Linux preinstalled. https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en Ch

Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

2024-08-26 Thread Stefan Monnier
> a flash drive or CD-ROM are suddenly nontrivial: I need > to get Debian's netinst using Windows, with whatever > browser is there, then write it with Windows tools. So: In the past I've successfully used https://www.goodbye-microsoft.com/ tho I'm not sure if it's still working (it doesn't

Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

2024-08-26 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:39:52 -0700 Will Mengarini wrote: > I need to buy a new desktop tower, which means > it'll have Windows installed. I haven't used > Windows since the 90s, so need some guidance. Not necessarily; some vendors (Silent PC, e.g.) will sell you bare metal. However, that won't

Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

2024-08-26 Thread tv.debian
Le 26/08/2024 à 09:42, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : Hi, Will Mengarini wrote: (2) What Windows tool will write that netinst to flash? https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb proposes https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ Another possibility is a tool named Rufus. I would use i

Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

2024-08-26 Thread Joe
On Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:39:52 -0700 Will Mengarini wrote: > I need to buy a new desktop tower, which means > it'll have Windows installed. I haven't used > Windows since the 90s, so need some guidance. > > A special complication is that I just had a computer > apocalypse in which a Power Surge F

Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

2024-08-26 Thread jeremy ardley
On 26/8/24 15:16, Michel Verdier wrote: (2) What Windows tool will write that netinst to flash? Does Windows 10 Home have that tool? Pro? Windows 11? (I don't know yet what Windows I'll end up with.) I don't remember but I could do that. If you don't find a way you could install cygwin and

Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

2024-08-26 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Will Mengarini wrote: > (2) What Windows tool will write that netinst to flash? https://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#write-usb proposes https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ Another possibility is a tool named Rufus. I would use its "dd" mode rather than the other mode which unpack

Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

2024-08-26 Thread Michel Verdier
On 2024-08-25, Will Mengarini wrote: > (1) Will an HTTPS download in Windows > suffice to get me an uncorrupted netinst? > (Anything I need to know about "binary mode"?) yes > (2) What Windows tool will write that netinst to flash? > Does Windows 10 Home have that tool? Pro? Windows 11? > (I d

Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

2024-08-25 Thread ghe2001
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Sunday, August 25th, 2024 at 9:39 PM, Will Mengarini wrote: > I need to buy a new desktop tower, which means > it'll have Windows installed. I haven't used > Windows since the 90s, so need some guidance. There are a number of desktop towers a

Re: Debian hardware: coping with Windows

2024-08-25 Thread David Christensen
On 8/25/24 20:39, Will Mengarini wrote: I need to buy a new desktop tower, which means it'll have Windows installed. I haven't used Windows since the 90s, so need some guidance. A special complication is that I just had a computer apocalypse in which a Power Surge From Hell nuked *everything*,

Debian hardware: coping with Windows

2024-08-25 Thread Will Mengarini
I need to buy a new desktop tower, which means it'll have Windows installed. I haven't used Windows since the 90s, so need some guidance. A special complication is that I just had a computer apocalypse in which a Power Surge From Hell nuked *everything*, so trivial tasks like writing netinst to a

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-05-02 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 20/04/17 12:33, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: Asus UEFI BIOS (H110I-PLUS BIOS 3202) defaults to incorrect turbo boost multipliers but I was able to manually set the correct "Per CPU" values in the BIOS. For a 7700K, these should be 45/44/44/44 if you are not overclocking (base clock 100MHz): https

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-20 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 20/04/17 17:12, John Elliot V wrote: Will stretch RC3 smoothly transition to stable (with an apt-get dist-upgrade) when stretch is released? You should not need to do anything. When stretch is released as stable, you will already be on it. Just make sure that, when stretch is released, you

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-20 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 21/04/17 00:15, John Elliot V wrote: On 20/04/17 01:14, Joshua Schaeffer wrote: I would recommend the 850 Evo vs the 850 Pro Thanks for the tip. I had considered the Evo but this: https://www.kosagi.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=421 had me a little spooked. That is the 840 Evo. Completely d

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-20 Thread songbird
John Elliot V wrote: > On 20/04/17 10:33, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: >> why not just install stretch from RC3? stretch is close to release. > > Sounds like a good idea! Thanks Ben. > > Will stretch RC3 smoothly transition to stable (with an apt-get > dist-upgrade) when stretch is released? if you

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-20 Thread solitone
On Thursday, 20 April 2017 08:07:51 CEST Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 03:12:33PM +1000, John Elliot V wrote: > > Will stretch RC3 smoothly transition to stable (with an apt-get > > dist-upgrade) when stretch is released? > > Yes. In fact there's a very strong possibility you won

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-20 Thread John Elliot V
On 20/04/17 01:14, Joshua Schaeffer wrote: > I would recommend the 850 Evo vs the 850 Pro Thanks for the tip. I had considered the Evo but this: https://www.kosagi.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=421 had me a little spooked. I've already parted with my money for the Pro. I've made bigger mistakes

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-20 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 03:12:33PM +1000, John Elliot V wrote: > Will stretch RC3 smoothly transition to stable (with an apt-get > dist-upgrade) when stretch is released? Yes. In fact there's a very strong possibility you won't even need to do a whole dist-upgrade. A simple "apt-get update; apt-

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-19 Thread John Elliot V
On 20/04/17 10:33, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > why not just install stretch from RC3? stretch is close to release. Sounds like a good idea! Thanks Ben. Will stretch RC3 smoothly transition to stable (with an apt-get dist-upgrade) when stretch is released? > HD 630 iGPU is working fine for me wit

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-19 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 19/04/17 19:52, John Elliot V wrote: I'm getting a new workstation. Proposed specs are here: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/7MCfjc I tried to find out if my new hardware would run Debian stable, but couldn't confirm. CPU is Intel Core i7-7700K on an Asus STRIX Z270F mobo. I'm planning to dr

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-19 Thread Joshua Schaeffer
I don't think you'll have any issue with that set of hardware. If you've never done water cooling before then you'll be very happy with your H80i purchase. I have a Corsair Hydro H100i in both my Linux and Windows boxes and absolutely love them. I'll never do anything but CPU water cooling anymore.

Re: Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-19 Thread Dan Purgert
John Elliot V wrote: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --50ECA958FA859516FB3191E9 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I'm getting a new workstation. Proposed specs are here: > > https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/7MCfjc > > I tri

Debian hardware compatibility

2017-04-19 Thread John Elliot V
I'm getting a new workstation. Proposed specs are here: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/7MCfjc I tried to find out if my new hardware would run Debian stable, but couldn't confirm. CPU is Intel Core i7-7700K on an Asus STRIX Z270F mobo. I'm planning to drive two monitors from the onboard graph

Re: Recording audio with Debian - hardware/software suggestions

2007-01-30 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 03:26:41PM -0500, KS wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > many mixing boards have two outputs: 1 for the mains and 1 for the > > monitors. The levels can generally be controlled seperately for these > > two channels. If you have that capability, I would recommend y

Re: Recording audio with Debian - hardware/software suggestions

2007-01-30 Thread KS
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > many mixing boards have two outputs: 1 for the mains and 1 for the > monitors. The levels can generally be controlled seperately for these > two channels. If you have that capability, I would recommend you use > the monitor output for recording as you can then cont

Re: Recording audio with Debian - hardware/software suggestions

2007-01-30 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 10:50:31PM -0500, KS wrote: > Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > > > > > The following are the questions which come to mind for the hardware: > > 1. What kind of processing power do we need? Would a 2.0GHz PIV based > > machine be OK? > > > > > > If you don't intend

Re: Recording audio with Debian - hardware/software suggestions

2007-01-29 Thread KS
Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > > The following are the questions which come to mind for the hardware: > 1. What kind of processing power do we need? Would a 2.0GHz PIV based > machine be OK? > > > If you don't intend to mix the tracks and apply heavy effects to them > (compression, eq,

Re: Recording audio with Debian - hardware/software suggestions

2007-01-29 Thread Raffaele Morelli
The following are the questions which come to mind for the hardware: 1. What kind of processing power do we need? Would a 2.0GHz PIV based machine be OK? If you don't intend to mix the tracks and apply heavy effects to them (compression, eq, etc etc..) 2.0Ghz it's enough, actually I am able to

Re: Recording audio with Debian - hardware/software suggestions

2007-01-28 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 01:38:03PM -0500, KS wrote: > Hi all, > > We are planning to have a setup so that we can record the upcoming talks > (happening every weekend for several weekends at a stretch). The > equipment which is already there comprises of 4 microphones, a mixer > (with 12 inputs I t

Re: Recording audio with Debian - hardware/software suggestions

2007-01-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 01:38:03PM -0500, KS wrote: > Hi all, > > We are planning to have a setup so that we can record the upcoming talks > (happening every weekend for several weekends at a stretch). The > equipment which is already there comprises of 4 microphones, a mixer > (with 12 inputs I t

Recording audio with Debian - hardware/software suggestions

2007-01-28 Thread KS
Hi all, We are planning to have a setup so that we can record the upcoming talks (happening every weekend for several weekends at a stretch). The equipment which is already there comprises of 4 microphones, a mixer (with 12 inputs I think) and an amplifier for the speakers. The following are the

Re: Debian Hardware Compatibility list for 3.1 r2

2006-08-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-06-29 19:39:56, schrieb D G Teed: > I know that with a new kernel I can get anything > supported in Linux working, but the issue is > with hardware such as installing directly to > hardware raid. I need to know if a RAID controller > is supported before dishing out $1000 for 2 > of them.

Re: Debian Hardware Compatibility list for 3.1 r2

2006-06-30 Thread Pol Hallen
> Does anyone know where I can see the same type > of reference that FreeBSD provides for > hardware support from the installer > for each release? Hi :-) freebsd development it isn't the same of linux Can u use google for do a hardware search es. Laptop or see a /usr/src/your_kernel and read th

Debian Hardware Compatibility list for 3.1 r2

2006-06-29 Thread D G Teed
Hi, I've seen a reference to the Debian Hardware Compatibility list in a Meta manual, but could not locate it in places that made sense to me under: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ Does anyone know where I can see the same type of reference that FreeBSD provides for hardware support

Re: Debian hardware (HP Proliant), version and backup questions

2003-10-24 Thread Mark Roach
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 08:02, VEGH Karoly wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 06:10:35PM +0200, Nate Aune wrote: > > > 1) Hardware > > Given the previous post about problems with Debian recognizing the disk > > controller on a HP Proliant MC330, I have to ask: can I expect similar > > problems with th

Re: Debian hardware (HP Proliant), version and backup questions

2003-10-24 Thread VEGH Karoly
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 06:10:35PM +0200, Nate Aune wrote: > 1) Hardware > Given the previous post about problems with Debian recognizing the disk > controller on a HP Proliant MC330, I have to ask: can I expect similar > problems with the DL380? IIRC the DL380's come with a smar array 5312i. The

Debian hardware (HP Proliant), version and backup questions

2003-10-23 Thread Nate Aune
Hello, I work for a company called Learning Lab Denmark and we are currently switching our website to an open source content management system called Plone, and we need to set up a server for internally hosting our site. I am coming to this list as a Redhat refuge - We have been having problems g

RE: Debian-hardware newbie question

2003-09-04 Thread Brendan Smith
> is it possible to have knoppix-like H/W detection under >From one newbie to another: you can, if you want, install knoppix to the hard drive using instructions such as these: http://www.freenet.org.nz/misc/knoppix-install.html ...or, you can boot with knoppix and write down the modules it's u

RE: Debian-hardware newbie question

2003-09-04 Thread DePriest, Jason R.
> -Original Message- > From: Joydeep Bakshi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:29 AM > To: Debian-users > Subject: Debian-hardware newbie question > > > Hi list, > after using redhat for 3 years finally I have changed to the &

RE: Debian-hardware newbie question

2003-09-04 Thread Wathen, Metherion
try installing a package named discover it may help you with HW detection HTH, mw > -Original Message- > From: Joydeep Bakshi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 8:29 AM > To: Debian-users > Subject: Debian-hardware newbie question > >

Re: Debian-hardware newbie question

2003-09-04 Thread Kent West
Joydeep Bakshi wrote: Hi list, after using redhat for 3 years finally I have changed to the *GREATEST* debian-Linux. it was the mercy of God the day when I first saw it at my friend's PC. I have found almost 90% of S/W in Debian . JUST COOL but its H/W detection during installation is not so s

Debian-hardware newbie question

2003-09-04 Thread Joydeep Bakshi
Hi list, after using redhat for 3 years finally I have changed to the *GREATEST* debian-Linux. it was the mercy of God the day when I first saw it at my friend's PC. I have found almost 90% of S/W in Debian . JUST COOL but its H/W detection during installation is not so smooth. I have also seen

Re: is there a debian hardware database?

2003-03-12 Thread Stephen A. Witt
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Ray wrote: > is there a website with information about what hardware has been known to > work with debian out of the box or with light tweaking? > > (light tweaking = manually adding a couple of lines to a text file) > There is not one for Debian specifically to my knowledge.

is there a debian hardware database?

2003-03-12 Thread Ray
is there a website with information about what hardware has been known to work with debian out of the box or with light tweaking? (light tweaking = manually adding a couple of lines to a text file) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: debian hardware

2001-03-06 Thread Steve Witt
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Mike Egglestone wrote: > Hi... > Is there a web site or somewhere where I can > find which hardware is compatible with debian 2.2 r2 > I want to buy new servers and new network cards > and I don't want to find out that the card isn't supported > say... and brand new 3co

debian hardware

2001-03-05 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi... Is there a web site or somewhere where I can find which hardware is compatible with debian 2.2 r2 I want to buy new servers and new network cards and I don't want to find out that the card isn't supported say... and brand new 3com 905 or something... thanks for your help... Mike

Re: Debian Hardware Certification??

2000-01-16 Thread aphro
the best company to deal with if you want "certified" debian hardware as they recently teamed up with debian to provide the commercial front-end for those customers. i build lots of debian slink systems, and presently they consist of: K6-3 400, 64MB Kingston PC100 ram, Matrox G400

Debian Hardware Certification??

2000-01-15 Thread Carl Greco
I have been asked to specify a hardware platform for a Linux system for a commerical organization to function as a small departmental server. I plan to install Debian. With the exception of a couple system manufacturers, e.g., VAResearch, I find little or no statement of Debian support. Redhat h

Re: Debian hardware issues and need for children's software

1999-09-13 Thread Keith G. Murphy
michael ottaway wrote: > [cut hardware question that someone else can answer better] > > Do you feel that there would be a need or desire for children's software? I > am currently go to school and have completed an associates degree in Child > Development. Though I may major in computers before I

RE: Debian hardware vendors

1999-05-29 Thread Robert
Check out www.linux.com Its VA research. Not sure what they have but they advertise that their website is powered bu Debian. They are a Linux Hardware vendor. Robert <

Re: Debian hardware vendors

1999-05-29 Thread Donna Armijo
-- On Fri, 28 May 1999, Pann McCuaig wrote: > Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 14:18:43 -0700 > From: Pann McCuaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Judith Elaine Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Debian hardware vendors > > On Fri, May 2

Re: Debian hardware vendors

1999-05-28 Thread Pann McCuaig
On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 12:23 (-0400), Judith Elaine Bush wrote: > Does anyone know of a list of hardware vendors who are experienced in > installing Debian into the systems they package? Has anyone had good > experience they'd like to share? My recent experience has been so-so, http://www.Kachin

Re: Debian hardware vendors

1999-05-28 Thread Brian Boonstra
Two vendors I've been happy with are http://www.tdl.com/~netex/ and http://swt.com/ Both are quite Linux-aware. - Brian

Debian hardware vendors

1999-05-28 Thread Judith Elaine Bush
Does anyone know of a list of hardware vendors who are experienced in installing Debian into the systems they package? Has anyone had good experience they'd like to share? My recent experience has been so-so, (although the complications aren't entirely due to the vendor's lack of familiarity with